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Originally Posted by Russ B
I have no idea why Christians would have anything against Jews - yes I believe they played a part in Jesus' death but that was meant to be, they were following what was written. A kind of "if it wasn't them then it'll be someone else". I have no issue in acknowledging that Chistianity has roots in Judaism.
But as you well know, it's not just some Christians who have issue with Jews so my question still stand.
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For centuries Jews were viewed as having caused his death.
Doesn't matter if such beliefs were illogical as it was "meant to happen" the church used it as a means to control the people by giving them someone to blame for their ills.
Just as the Daily Jackboot does now with immigrants and muslims, and people in SA are doing with people from Zimbabwe.
Similarly (as I understand it) from Islam's point of view, the Jews were responsible for killing Isa and betraying Allah.
Another way to think about it is this; a new jewish sect is created, it splits off some decades later with the jewish acceptance of another messiah (yeah, that one wasn't up to the task either).
You now have a new "version" of the religion, which by people practicing the old version, is being told it is wrong.
The new "version" grows and becomes dominant, it is able to do something about the persieved insult by the continued practice of the old version. Remember, most of the people who rose up the ranks of the church did not have religious backgrounds, it was family tradition. Also, being power hungry as the church is, other religions are a threat, if someone has the option of not being under the control of the church by joining another religion, that's not in the church's interest.
By not converting to christianity, the Jews are saying christians are wrong, likewise, by not converting to Islam, both xians and Jews are saying Islam is wrong.
This breeds resentment, especially when times get hard, and its better for leaders to have their followers hate another group of people than themselves or the leaders.